Month: July 2024

The locals are making their presence felt on a San Diego beach, and the tourists are, at turns, mesmerized and terrified by them. We are talking about sea lions.

These huge beasts, which are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and can’t be approached by humans, are said to usually not be aggressive towards humans.

But in La Jolla Cove, chaos ensued, and dozens of beachgoers in San Diego were left running for their lives when a sea lion charged at beachgoers who apparently approached its pups.

The New York Post reports:

“The sea lion was captured on video swimming around La Jolla Cove with the babies before it began barking at the swimmers on June 23.

‘Oh, they are kind of close, get out of the water, fat ass’, one person can be heard saying before the sea lion rushes out of the water.”

People jumped up and backed off as the sea lion charged toward them.

Some took their sweet time carrying their belongings away while others tried to document their close encounter.

“’Visited La Jolla, CA this weekend to see the Sea Lions in their (natural) habitat and to learn more about these protected ecosystems’, [Beachgoer Lauren] Bertrand said on TikTok. ‘The people were peopling and this big guy was NOT having it’.”

An adult sea lion and a juvenile come in full sprint toward swimmers, forcing them to scramble out of the way however they can.

Luckily, the hefty beast stopped the attack before anyone was injured.

Sea lions charged after people in July 2023, leading to the closing of Point La Jolla to the public.

A mere 200 yards away from La Jolla Cove is Point La Jolla, a rocky stretch of coastline that turned into a hot spot for sea lions.

Watch the sea lions ‘evacuating the beach’ in 2023.

“Point La Jolla was closed for public access indefinitely last September following complaints from residents and activists to protect the sea lions.

The unanimous city council decision came months after a similar situation where two large sea lions charged at beachgoers wading in the waters of La Jolla Cove.”

Read more:

‘BIG BASTARD’: Black Bear Harassed Elderly California Woman for Months, Then Broke Into Her Home, Killed and Ate Her

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This will be a must-see viewing, assuming one party does not back out.

Tucker Carlson had stunning news Wednesday on X that he has secured an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. As Gateway Pundit readers know, Tucker has been a vociferous critic of Zelenskyy’s corrupt government for years.

He has also lambasted the Biden regime’s never-ending aid to the war-torn nation.

In his tweet making the announcement, Tucker notes that he and his team had been trying for two years to make this happen and intensified their pursuit following his interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin back in February.

“Looks like we’ve got the Zelenskyy interview,” Tucker wrote, “We’ve been trying for two years, and with particular intensity after interviewing Putin in February.”

He then explained why he was interviewing a man in charge of the most crooked country in Europe outside of Russia and hoped he would be able to air it soon.

“The point is to bring Americans much-needed information about the conflict that’s completely reshaping their country’s position in the world,” Tucker added. “Coming soon we hope.”

Looks like we’ve got the Zelenskyy interview. We’ve been trying for two years, and with particular intensity after interviewing Putin in February. The point is to bring Americans much-needed information about the conflict that’s completely reshaping their country’s position in…

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) July 3, 2024

Considering the noted animosity between the two men, this is a development no one saw coming. In fact, Zelenskyy went off on Tucker for daring to perform an actual act of journalism and interview Putin.

“I don’t have time to hear more than two hours of bull**** about us, about the world, about the United States, about our relations and this interview with a killer,” Mr Zelenskyy whined.

One can be sure that assuming Zelenskyy does not go wobbly and sits down with Tucker, he is going to get some pointed questions about his government’s corruption, his assault on democracy and religious liberty, and the prosecution of his war with Russia.

These are questions the corporate media has never dared ask their globalist darling.

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Grocery prices are soaring thanks to Joe Biden’s tax-and-spend policies.

The US economy is in bad shape because of Joe Biden’s war on domestic oil and the ‘Green New Deal’ disguised as the ‘Inflation Reduction Act.’

Moody’s Investors Service recently cut the US’s outlook to negative.

Moody’s lowered its ratings outlook on the US government citing high interest rates, government spending, and deficits.

Inflation is still high, grocery prices are up more than 19%, gas prices are still high and more than 15 million illegal aliens have poured over the border since Biden was installed in January 2021.

Most Americans are struggling to put food on the table thanks to Joe Biden.

This year’s Fourth of July cookout costs hit a record – up 30 percent from 5 years ago when Trump was in office.

“With plenty of options to feed a hungry crowd, a group of 10 this year can expect to pay $71.22 for their celebration, up 5% from last year and up 30% from five years ago. Nationally, this means we are surpassing $7 per person for the first time, with the total meal coming to $7.12 a person. Only two dishes decreased in price while everything else on your table rose, on average. Your grocery bill may be a shock, but it is in line with the inflation that has roiled the economy – including the farm economy – over the last several years,” according to this year’s American Farm Bureau Fourth of July market basket survey.

Joe Biden is now threatening to jail grocers to combat his inflation crisis.

“Grocery costs are too high for families across the country,” Biden said on X. “We have a plan to tackle them.”

Biden’s plan includes deploying state attorneys general to go after grocers for “price gouging.”

Grocery prices are not soaring because of price gouging.

Biden also called on grocery chains to lower costs.

Meanwhile, Joe Biden also announced his Regime will provide low-income families of four $2,000 more for groceries by “improving SNAP and launching summer EBT” – the government spending BILLIONS of dollars a year on SNAP contributes to higher inflation.

Biden announces plans to jail grocers to combat his food inflation. https://t.co/dY9izbKgT2

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) July 3, 2024

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An “unauthorized” Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing that named General Mike Flynn as Donald Trump’s Vice Presidential pick has gone viral on social media. The alleged filing, dated July 2, 2024, was immediately debunked by Flynn himself.

BREAKING: There is a filing by Donald J. Trump that lists Gen. Michael Flynn as his Vice President. “Trump-Flynn 2024”

The page was generated Wed Jul 3 17:01:57 2024.https://t.co/TKf80DacQ7 pic.twitter.com/d1nKap5PX9

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 3, 2024

The former National Security Advisor took to X to dismiss the rumors.

“I just saw two unauthorized FEC filings referencing my name. They are fake news! I don’t know anything about them, and my office has alerted the FEC,” said Flynn.

I just saw 2 unauthorized FEC filings referencing my name. They are fake news! I don’t know anything about them, and my office has alerted the FEC.@FlynnMovie

— General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) July 3, 2024

Earlier this year, Mike Flynn hinted he would not dismiss the idea of joining the Trump ticket as a Vice Presidential candidate if the opportunity arose.

An audience member raised the question of a Trump-Flynn ticket during a Q&A session at the screening of “Out of Shadows and Into the Light.”

He revealed that in 2016, he was among the final four candidates considered for Trump’s Vice President, alongside Chris Christie, Newt Gingrich, and Mike Pence, who was eventually selected. Flynn’s revelation that he was the only Democrat among these finalists added an unexpected twist to his response.

Flynn expressed his deep-seated convictions about the country, shaped by his upbringing and personal beliefs, suggesting that a proposition like the Vice Presidency would be challenging to decline.

“A question like that is a very, very hard question to say no to,” he said.

Vice President Mike Flynn? — Mike Flynn Hints at Accepting VP Role if Asked by Trump (VIDEO)

On Wednesday, Flynn also officially endorsed Trump for president. He released the following statement:

General Flynn Unconditionally Endorses Donald J. Trump for President

This is our last chance to vote for freedom from government control. Will your children live the American Dream or be enslaved by a corrupt, wasteful government of woke globalists?

Inflation has starved our families, stolen our savings, and shattered our dreams. Lawlessness has destroyed our culture – and drug dealers, child traffickers, and terrorists walk across our border. Our once unmatched military now trains on DEI instead of focusing on combat tactics and achieving victory. Our allies don’t trust us. China, North Korea, and Iran know that.

We need change; and one man has the knowledge, determination, previously demonstrated experience, and more important, the courage to bring it, on Day 1. He runs into the fight – whatever the cost — including the most egregious political persecution in modern history.

President Trump simply refuses to watch America destroy itself.

I endorse Donald J. Trump for President 100%. And I trust his judgment. He is, since Ronald Reagan, the greatest leader of our time. May God Almighty protect and bless him, and may God continue to bless America.

– LTG Michael T. Flynn, USA (Ret.)

Official Statement of Endorsement: pic.twitter.com/FFLO1CwTAY

— General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) July 3, 2024

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O’Keefe Media Group has released part three of its Disney Tapes series, exposing Disney’s Creative Marketing Director by day and professional drag queen by night, Amit “Genie” Gurnani, who revealed Disney’s “unspoken” LGBTQ agenda for children.

Gurnani revealed that a “pride campaign across Disney and television” is set to “take up the rest of the next four or five months.” He says that children seeing LGBTQ content on their televisions is “the unspoken thing.” This includes pride celebrations at Disney parks and other LGBTQ projects advertised to children.

Gurnani also says he would “love to” have drag queens at Disney Land, and he’s “sure that would happen at some point.”

Some of the soft-core LGBTQ content has already been introduced to Disney programming as early as 2014 when Disney’s “Good Luck Charlie” featured a lesbian couple, reportedly for the first time on the network.

It can be recalled that O’Keefe Media Group released an undercover video last month of the Senior Vice President at Disney detailing discriminatory hiring practices.

The senior VP on Disney Tapes Part One told OMG’s undercover journalist that Disney is not considering any white men for the job.

“Nobody else is going to tell you this, but they’re not considering any white males for the job,” says Michael Giordano, a Vice President of Business Affairs, “there’s no way we’re hiring a white male.”

Giordano revealed Disney uses “code words and buzzwords” to avoid legal action and even mentions a candidate being rejected for not looking black enough. Giordano also admitted Disney gives bonuses to executives for practicing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), agreeing that “diversity helps with financial incentives.”

The Disney VP said there will be a lawsuit at some point over the company’s discriminatory hiring practices.

Some of the possible ‘code words’ or ‘buzz words’: “They might say something like, ‘We’re not looking for the usual suspects for the job,’ so it’s not like a legally actionable thing. But everybody knows what it means.”

In Disney Tapes Part Two, it was revealed by Disney’s Television Director of Production/Finance, Sohrab “Dave” Makker, that Disney has discriminatory hiring practices for C-Suite roles (CEO, CFO, COO, etc). He said that Disney does not hire anybody “who’s not white or not Jewish” for C-Suite roles.

O’Keefe: Walt Disney Television’s Director of Production Reveals Disney Won’t Hire Anyone “Who’s Not White or Not Jewish” for C-Suite Roles (VIDEO)

Watch part three below:

BREAKING: ‘It’s the unspoken thing for children to see LGBTQ content,’ says Walt Disney’s Creative Marketing Director, Drag Queen Amit “Genie” Gurnani (@WishForGenie), into OMG’s hidden camera.

Gurnani adds, “I’d love to get a drag queen at Disneyland,” furthering, “I’m sure that would happen at some point.”

Gurnani insists, “Bob Iger is not axing LGBTQ content at all,” supporting concerns that Disney is ramping up their LGBTQ content, influenced by DEI hiring practices and the inclusion of forced diverse storylines.

BREAKING: ‘It’s the unspoken thing for children to see LGBTQ content,’ says Walt Disney’s Creative Marketing Director, Drag Queen Amit “Genie” Gurnani (@WishForGenie), into OMG’s hidden camera.

Gurnani adds, “I’d love to get a drag queen at Disneyland,” furthering, “I’m sure… pic.twitter.com/XSiYmJvjiy

— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) July 3, 2024

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Viktor Orbán meeting Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has taken the helm of the EU Commission for six months, vowing to “Make Europe Great Again.” On his first visit as EU Chair, to Kiev, he tried to convince Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to consider a ceasefire.

“If [Trump] wins, then at least there will be a ceasefire; whether this will lead to a lasting peace is the music of the future, but it will not be like it is now, that’s for sure. And that is why Europe needs to quickly prepare for the situation that – sooner or later – the Americans and Russians will begin negotiations with each other,” Orban told M1 broadcaster on Monday.

The road to #Kyiv. A trip for #peace. pic.twitter.com/nWFf0g86EJ

— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) July 3, 2024

As Russia continues to advance against outmanned Ukrainians, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed the Ukrainian army lost up to 1,800 men and nine airplanes yesterday.

In April, Russian Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu claimed that Ukraine lost almost half a million soldiers since the beginning of the Russian invasion in 2022.

It is illegal to report casualty figures in Ukraine, so the Russian numbers can not be independently verified. In February, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since the February 2022 invasion.

On Monday, The Kyiv Independent reported Ukraine’s General Staff claimed Russia has lost more than 540,000 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion — a number that includes killed and injured.

My first trip after assuming the Presidency of the Council of the EU led me to Kyiv for a meeting with President @ZelenskyyUa. I assessed the possibility of a deadline-bound ceasefire, that could provide an opportunity to speed up peace negotiations. I will report my findings to… pic.twitter.com/TqPeDAvsoe

— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) July 2, 2024

At a joint press conference with the Ukrainian president, Orbán asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to consider a ceasefire.

“Peace is important not only for Ukraine but for the whole of Europe”, Orbán said. “I put it to the president (Zelensky) that we should consider whether the order may be reversed by speeding up peace talks with a quick ceasefire,” he said. “A ceasefire tied to a deadline, which could offer the opportunity to accelerate peace talks; I have assessed the options for that scenario,” he added.

Zelensky expressed his gratitude to Hungary for its humanitarian support for Ukraine, underlining that he believed that saving lives was the most important consideration. “Everything we discussed today serves as a basis for a future bilateral document between our states which will regulate all segments of our relations and will be mutually beneficial for both countries,” Zelensky said after talks with Orbán. “It is important for there to be peace so that we can put the strengthening of Europe on new foundations,” he said.

Zelensky had announced he would be drafting a new peace plan Friday that should be “supported by the majority of the world.”

“After the adoption of the bill facilitating mobilization, the number of mobilized people increased, but the Kiev regime failed to achieve the numbers set by the Americans, failed by far. That is why they are having problems with their US masters who are openly saying: ‘You planned to mobilize this number of people, but mobilized that. We have provided you with funds for weapons and that number of troops, and you fail to hold your end of the bargain,’” former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Wednesday. There is active agitation in Ukraine for a ceasefire, Azarov added.

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Orange County, California – A 69-year-old woman was killed in an attempted robbery at Fashion Island in Newport Beach on Tuesday afternoon.

Newport Beach is a wealthy, conservative enclave in Southern California. The broad daylight armed robbery and murder at Fashion Island rocked the laid-back beach community on Tuesday.

Three black male suspects ambushed an elderly couple standing outside of a Barnes & Noble near the parking lot of the Newport Beach mall.

The three assailants jumped out of a white sedan to rob the woman.

The 69-year-old woman, identified as Patricia McKay, was run over and killed by the suspects as they drove off in a getaway car after the botched robbery.

A Good Samaritan jumped in to help the robbery victims and that is when one of the robbers opened fire. According to police, three shots were fired but no one was struck by the gunfire.

Newport Beach police pursued the suspects to Los Angeles. All three suspects were arrested.

The suspects were transported to the Newport Beach PD jail and identified as: Leroyernest Joseph McCrary, 26, of Compton, California, Jaden Cunningham, 18, of Lancaster, CA, and Malachi Eddward Darnell, 18, of Los Angeles, California.

All three suspects were booked for homicide, robbery with firearm, and conspiracy. The incident is still under investigation.

Patricia McKay and her husband were visiting Newport Beach from New Zealand.

“Frankly, to hell with these guys. They came to our city knowing they were going to commit a crime and a woman is dead because of this,” Newport Beach Mayor Will O’Neill said on Tuesday after the gruesome murder. “These are thugs and every community is now dealing with this.”

“Frankly, to hell with these guys.” Angry reactions from Newport Beach’s mayor after an armed robbery crew runs over a 69-year-old woman, killing her during a botched robbery attempt at Fashion Island. The new investigation clues – Tonight at 11 from ABC7 https://t.co/dqrwmSKmOJ pic.twitter.com/X5w1roXkil

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) July 3, 2024

More from NBC LA:

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Organized by Stephen Wertheim, a senior fellow with the Carnegie Endowment, 60 experts have signed a letter published Wednesday warning against the use of next week’s upcoming NATO summit to push Ukrainian NATO membership. 

The letter says including Ukraine in the pact would give Kiev a security guarantee that could lead to World War III and commit the U.S. to fighting Russia in any future Russia–Ukraine conflict. The letter argues that Ukrainian NATO membership “would reduce the security of the United States and NATO Allies, at considerable risk to all.” The letter also calls into doubt whether Ukrainian NATO membership would deter a future conflict. 

The letter argues that NATO expansion and the desire of many to incorporate Ukraine into NATO were the primary motivations for Russia’s invasion. The letter claims that the sooner Ukrainian NATO membership is taken off the table, the sooner peace can be established. 

The letter deprecates emotive arguments for Ukrainian NATO membership: “The purpose of NATO is not to signal esteem for other countries; it is to defend NATO territory and strengthen the security of NATO members.”

The letter included signatories from across the political spectrum, including the former Senator Jim Webb (D-VA), the international relations theorist John Measheimer, the foreign affairs expert John C. Hulsman, and William Ruger, president of the American Institute for Economic Research. Sumantra Maitra, a senior editor at The American Conservative, was also a signatory.

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Almost two and a half years ago, the Russian Federation forces launched the ‘Special Military Operation’ in Ukraine, turning President Vladimir Putin’s country into an impoverished pariah for the western world… or did it?

Despite the mind-numbing number of sanctions levied against Russia and its allies, their economy has been consistently growing, to the point where the World Bank is now classifying Russia as a ‘high-income country’.

Business Insider reported:

“On Monday, the World Bank announced it has upgraded Russia from an upper-middle-income country to a high-income country, according to a report from the financial institution’s economists.

“Economic activity in Russia was influenced by a large increase in military-related activity in 2023,” World Bank economists wrote in their report.”

In 2023, Russians earned $14,250 per person on a gross national income basis.

Russia’s recent growth is primarily driven by wartime demand for military goods and services.

“Russia’s trade jumped by nearly 7% last year, while activities in the financial sector and construction grew by 6.6% and 3.6%, respectively. This boosted Russia’s real GDP — which is economic growth adjusted for inflation — by 3.6%.”

WAR MACHINE: the conflict in the Ukraine made the Russian aconomy grow faster than the west.

Far from crippling Russia, the war in Ukraine may have strengthened Russia’s economy, and led to an increase in both real and nominal GDP.

Newsweek reported:

“Its new classification would put Russia on par with the U.S. and the other G7 nations who have been trying to handicap its economy since 2022.”

As we can see, the US and EU sanctions flopped.

“Last week, a report by a U.K. think tank argued that the country has been more than able to replenish its arsenal, and that sanctions had proven “manifestly ineffective” in curtailing the Russian war machine.

One of the paper’s authors, Gary Somerville, told Newsweek that defense contractors were able to bypass embargoes, using ‘front companies’ and backchannels to sneak military components into Russia.”

Data from the World Bank is evidence that Russia is able to endure Western sanctions, and the war only strengthens the country’s economic capabilities.

Read more:

In Retaliation for Ukraine Using NATO Long-Range Missiles To Strike Russian Territory, Putin Says He May Supply Weapons to Regions That Can Attack Western Countries’ Targets

 

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Newsmax reporter James Rosen was attacked by both White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre and NBC News reporter Kelly O’Donnell at Wednesday’s briefing for asking if Joe Biden is awake.

O’Donnell, who is the current president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, was suggesting to Jean Pierre that Biden come to the Brady Briefing Room to speak to reporters when Rosen interjected, “if he’s awake!” O’Donnell snapped, “That’s inappropriate!” while wagging her finger at Rosen, prompting Jean Pierre to gloat to Rosen that he was scolded by the head of the WHCA.

REPORTER: “We would invite the president to come here and tell us…”@JamesRosenTV: “…if he’s awake!” pic.twitter.com/R9S4BWcifS

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 3, 2024

O’Donnell: “…and we would invite the president to come here and tell us that directly.”

Jean Pierre: “Noted, noted, noted, Kelly.”

Rosen: “If he’s awake!”

O’Donnell: “That’s inappropriate!”

Jean Pierre, gloating: “As you heard from your colleague, the President of the WHCA, that’s inappropriate. Thank you, Kelly.”

Two-shot version with O’Donnell wagging her finger at Rosen:

O’Donnell: We would invite the President to come here and tell us

Reporter: If he’s awake

O’Donnell: That’s inappropriate pic.twitter.com/u5TMvmBn5y

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 3, 2024

The New York Times reported this week that Biden was given daily scheduled naps during his week-long debate prep at Camp David, while Axios reported Biden is only fully functional between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

The day after Biden’s debate debacle, Rosen posted a reminder that he had been blackballed by the White House for eight months after asking Biden to his face in January 2022 about a poll that found 49 percent of Americans thought he was mentally unfit to be president:

When I asked @POTUS on January 19, 2022, “with utmost respect for your life accomplishments and the high office you hold,” why the electorate harbored such profound concerns about his cognitive fitness, it was considered rude, and I was blackballed in briefings for eight months. pic.twitter.com/oewwYTPpgO

— James Rosen (@JamesRosenTV) June 28, 2024

Rosen’s Newsmax colleague Logan Ratick recalled that the Obama-Biden administration spied on Rosen (and his parents), “The Obama-Biden DOJ surveilled @JamesRosenTV’s phone calls and emails. But apparently what’s “inappropriate” to his colleagues in the WHCA is asking if the President (who reportedly takes naps during the day and allegedly sundowns before dinnertime) is “awake.””

The Obama-Biden DOJ surveilled @JamesRosenTV’s phone calls and emails.

But apparently what’s “inappropriate” to his colleagues in the WHCA is asking if the President (who reportedly takes naps during the day and allegedly sundowns before dinnertime) is “awake.” https://t.co/VkomplngfJ

— Logan Ratick (@Logan_Ratick) July 3, 2024

Screen image of O’Donnell scolding Rosen:

liberal women when they hear a banger pic.twitter.com/ewjdCwBlsA

— Gregg Re (@gregg_re) July 3, 2024

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